01.
Lots of Color
With the holidays coming, I thought it was time to get festive. I’m using Bullseye’s Confetti (super thin pieces of glass) on top of a 15.5″ circle of clear glass.
02.
Powdery
Here I’ve added clear frit powder to help minimize bubbles when I cap it with another clear circle.
Below you can see a much smaller version, only 7″ in diameter. They’ll be a set.
03.
Ready to Fuse
Separated by months, here is the cut glass ready to fuse.
04.
Fused
I forgot to take a picture of the larger piece after it was fused (shocker, I know). But here you can see the smaller one after fusing.
05.
Ready to Slump
For the larger piece I’m using the Ball Surface mold (8738). Below I’m using the Cone Bowl mold (8943).
06.
Slumped
Both pieces successfully slumped, and it’s finally time to see them together.
07.
Acrylic Stand
But first, one last little bit. Because the surface of the bottom of this mold is a beautiful uninterrupted curve, it’s unstable. But I don’t intend for this to be a sculptural piece. I’d like to see it used.
So I went to a local acrylic and plastic shop with the bowl, and the wonderful man there cut a super thin ring for me!
Results
Final Result
I’m delighted with this festive set. It’s the biggest bowl I’ve done to date and the size really contributes to the wow factor.
The confetti was super easy to use and the result is super fun. Win win.
Close-up
Couldn’t resist a close-up of the rim of the larger bowl.
FULL FUSING SCHEDULE LARGE BOWL (RUN TIME 9:36, 16.5 KWh)
| SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
| 1 | 300 | 1250 | :45 |
| 2 | 600 | 1450 | :20 |
| 3 | AFAP | 900 | 1:00 |
| 4 | 100 | 700 | OFF |
SLUMP FUSING SCHEDULE LARGE BOWL (RUN TIME 7:23, 11.2 KWh)
| SEGMENT | RATE (deg F / hour) | TEMPERATURE (F) | HOLD (hours:minutes) |
| 1 | 300 | 1200 | :05 |
| 2 | FULL | 900 | 1:00 |
| 3 | 100 | 700 | OFF |
Everything was fired in a Paragon GL-22AD.